Timing...Rain will transition to freezing rain in northwest Arkansas around or shortly after daybreak Thursday. By Thursday afternoon, much of northern Arkansas will be experiencing a mix of freezing rain and sleet. Thursday night and into Friday morning, precipitation is expected to become snow or a mix of snow and sleet. All precipitation transitions will begin in the northwest and spread south and east with time.

Areas impacted: West of Mountain Home and north of Jasper and Clinton...Ice accumulations approaching one quarter to one half an inch will be possible Thursday morning before precipitation largely becomes a mix of sleet and snow Thursday evening. At that point...an additional 3 to 4 inches of sleet and snow accumulations will be possible through Friday morning. Elsewhere in the warned area...ice accumulations will be similar...but with less sleet and snow accumulations...henerally less than 3 inches.